#E5DE61#E5DE61

#E5DE61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.698; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.146 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5DE61
RGB	rgb(229, 222, 97)
HSL	hsl(57, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(57, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 57.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.88, -13.13, 60.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.88, 62.17, 102.19°)
OKLab	oklab(88.24% -0.0403 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(88.24% 0.146 106)
XYZ	xyz(60.5940, 69.7656, 21.5812)
Luminance	0.6976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DE61 #6168E5

analogous

#E59C61 #E5DE61 #AAE561

triadic

#E5DE61 #61E5DE #DE61E5

tetradic

#E5DE61 #61E59C #6168E5 #E561AA

square

#E5DE61 #61E59C #6168E5 #E561AA

split-complementary

#E5DE61 #61AAE5 #9C61E5

monochromatic

#AFA71D #DCD32C #E5DE61 #EEE996 #F6F4CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#E5DE61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.95

#E5DE61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DE61

14.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DE61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DE61	1.00	1.40	14.95	14.95
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD653

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5de61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 222, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.146 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e892',
    500: '#e5de61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5de61;
$custom-light: #f0e892;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5de61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.818,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88238,
    "c": 0.14588,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.69764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DE61

secondary

#3A41B0

accent

#1CD412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DE61

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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